Release Process

• Update contributor list in AUTHORS: git log --all --pretty="format:%an <%aE>" | sort -u
• Update version in meson.build and ChangeLog
• Tag release, git commit --all -m "Released x.y.z" && git tag -s sshfs-x.y.z -m "Tagged release"
• Build tarball, ./make_release_tarball.sh
• Test build:
  • md build && (cd build && meson .. && ninja)
  • (cd build; python3 -m pytest test/)
• Push to GitHub (don't forget tags!) and create release
• Write announcement to mailing list.

Announcement email template

To: [email protected]
Subject: [ANNOUNCE] sshfs XXXX has been released

Dear all,

I am pleased to announce the release of SSHFS XXX.

The source code is available for download at https://github.com/libfuse/sshfs/releases.

Please report any issues on this mailing list or the GitHub issue
tracker at https://github.com/libfuse/sshfs/issues.

From ChangeLog.rst:

[INSERT NEW ENTRIES]

The following people have contributed code to this release:

[INSERT CONTRIBUTORS]

(a full list of credits containing all known contributors is included in
the `AUTHORS` file).

Best,
-Nikolaus